I confess, I kind of thought Warsaw would be boring. Thankfully, I was proven wrong! I discovered the best parts of it on my last day.

First, it being Sunday, I went to Mass. It being in Polish, naturally I didn't understand a word, but that was fine. Afterwards, I took a pleasant walk around this pond in a nearby park called Park Szczesliwicki. (I'm not even gonna try and pronounce that.) After that, I went back home and had lunch.

I was almost gonna spend the rest of the day being lazy, but I thought I should do one more thing. So I looked up Google Maps and came across this mideavel section of Warsaw called Old Town. I had nothing better to do, so I went! Glad I did too- a lot of colorful old stone buildings, a several castles and cobblestone squares- what's not to like? One thing that got me though- I thought at first I had encountered a golden statue of a witch. It wasn't until I got close I realized it was a person dressed in gold paint! And on top of that, she winked at me!

I had wanted to find the boundries of the old Warsaw Ghetto and visit the memorial, but alas, it was closed today. So I did the next best thing- I visited this museum called the POLIN Muzeum Historii Zydow Polskich. Its a really cool museum dedicated to the history of Jews and Jewish life in Poland. It covers everything- from the arrivals of the first Jews in the 10th century, different attitudes Poland's kings and queens took to them, Jewish social life, Jewish contributions to Polish society and culture- the works! I highly recommend visiting it if you get the chance.

Ahhh...tomorrow I return home. I'll be flying Scandinavian Air from Warsaw back to Dulles. Europe has been fun, and lovely, but I also looking forward to seeing home again. (I do hope my coworkers at the library haven't been too beleaguered. Apparently they had a nasty encounter with an opera singer.)